''Acraea guluensis'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in northern
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
and southern
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
.
Taxonomy
''Acraea guluensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita''
species group. The
clade
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members are:
*''Acraea guluensis''
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Acraea acrita
''Acraea acrita'', the fiery acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Africa.
Description
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
''A. acrita'' is very variable, but may always be known by the veins not being b ...
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Acraea chaeribula''
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Acraea eltringhamiana''
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Acraea lualabae
''Acraea lualabae'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).
Description
In 1912, Harry Eltringham wrote:
Description in Seitz
''A. lualabae'' Neave is very similar to the two fol ...
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Acraea manca''
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Acraea pudorina''
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Acraea utengulensis
''Acraea utengulensis'', the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.
Taxonomy
''Acraea utengulensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The cl ...
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Classification of ''Acraea'' by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
*''Acraea'' (group ''acrita'') Henning, 1993
*''Acraea'' (''Rubraea'') Henning & Williams, 2010
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') (supraspecies ''acrita'') Pierre & Bernaud, 2013
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') Groupe ''egina'' Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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References
Le Doux, C., 1932 Neue Acraeinae (Lepid. Rhopal.) aus Afrika. ''Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 3:4-7.
External links
''Acraea guluensis''
Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
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Methods and use
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Butterflies described in 1932
guluensis
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Charles Le Doux
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